Abstract
The time-resolved luminescence as well as stationary excited luminescence in SrTiO3 (undoped, Nb and Pb doped) and LiNbO3 (congruent and stoichiometric) single crystals was studied. The charge-transfer vibronic exciton in the regular oxy-anion site is suggested to be responsible for luminescence bands at 2.8 eV and 2.75 eV for SrTiO3 and LiNbO3 crystals respectively. It is suggested that luminescence band observed in SrTiO3 at ∼2.2-2.3 eV above 80 K possibly is due to some defect common for all SrTiO3 crystals studied.
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Acknowledgement
This work has been supported by Latvian Council for Science (grant 01.0813) and Excellence Centre for Advanced Material Research and Technology (Riga, Latvia), LN00A015 of MSMT CR and Program of Presidium of RAS “Low dimensional quantum structures”. The authors are grateful to E. A. Kotomin and R. Eglitis for stimulating discussions.